Daily gk Doze : 11th May

1. South Indian Bank, which tie-up with National Australian Bank (NAB) for online inward remittances from Australia recently, is based in

a) Thrissur

b) Chennai

c) Bengaluru

d) Hyderabad

e) Kochi.................A

2. The practice of financial intermediaries facilitating the creation of credit in the financial systems without being subject to regulatory oversight is called

a) narrow banking

b) para-banking

c) unit banking

d) universal banking

e) shadow banking................E

3. As revealed by the govt recently, about what amount is lying idle in inoperative Employees’ Provident Fund accounts as of now?

a) Rs 7,000 cr

b) Rs 13,000 cr

c) Rs 21,000 cr

d) Rs 33,000 cr

e) Rs 43,000 cr.............E

4. Chhattisgarh govt recently relaxed the labour laws in favour of MSMEs. The present Chief Minister of the state is

a) Raghubar Das

b) Vasundhara Raje

c) Shivraj Singh Chouhan

d) Raman Singh

e) Laxmikant Parsekar...........D

5. The Govt has planned to provide mobile connectivity in 55,669 villages in a phased manner by

a) Dec 2016

b) Mar 2017

c) Dec 2017

d) Sep 2018

e) Mar 2019..............E

6. The Indian-origin lawyer Murali Pillai has been elected member of the parliament in which of the following countries recently?

a) Malaysia

b) Indonesia

c) Singapore

d) Canada

e) South Africa..........C

7. The Union Government on 9 May 2016 released a commemorative coin of hundred rupees and a circulation coin of ten rupees for whom of the following?

a) Bhim Rao Ambedkar

b) Maharana Pratap

c) Swami Chinmayananda

d) Tatya Tope..................B

8. What is the name of the initiative of RailTel that was in news in the first week of May 2016 as Google launched Free Public Wi-Fi Service at 5 Railway Stations as part of it?

a) Railnet

b) Railwire

c) RailFedility

d) RailWi-Fi..................B

9. Which company announced the launch of its free high-speed public WiFi service at railway stations of Ujjain, Jaipur, Patna, Guwahati, and Allahabad on 9 May 2016?

a) Google

b) Infosys

c) TechMahindra

d) Yahoo................A

10. Identify the sector in which the RBI released its draft guidelines to tap the licensing of Universal Banks on 6 May 2016.

a) Public Sector

b) Primary Sector

c) Industrial Sector

d) Private Sector................D